Cincinnati coach Marvin Lewis had issues with the way Tampa Bay grabbed receiver Dezmon Briscoe, a rookie who was waived by the Bengals on Sept. 4.

The Bengals wanted to sign Brisoce to their practice squad but Briscoe decided to sign with Tampa Bay, who offered more money.

“When you overpay a guy on the practice squad, you create a problem in the system for teams,” Lewis said on a conference call with Tampa Bay media on Wednesday. “I don’t know that teams want to set that precedent and they did with Dezmon.

“That’s not a great precedent for the teams to set as we try to keep the NFL and do the things we’re trying to do as a league,” Lewis said. “It’s still a league of 32 teams and teams are put together a certain way.”

Tampa Bay offered Briscoe the rookie minimum salary, which is $325,000. Practice squad players make roughly $5,000 a week or around $90,000 for an entire season.